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Yavuz Beyazit1, Gulay Sain Guven, Murat Kekilli
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Hepatitis A infection may result in acute hepatitis, and rarely, fulminant hepatitis may ensue. Extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis A are uncommon. The authors present the case of a 77-year-old male who had development of acute renal failure and pericarditis during the clinical course of acute hepatitis A infection. He died as a result of septic shock on the fifth day of hospitalization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of both these rare and serious complications appearing in the same patient.
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